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Fix critical and high-priority bugs - #8

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Summary

This PR addresses critical and high-priority bugs identified during a comprehensive code analysis of the Fleetbase Solid extension.

Changes Made

Critical Fixes

  1. Fixed hardcoded 'solid:3000' references in comments
    • Updated example comments to use generic placeholders instead of misleading hardcoded values
    • Changed from http://solid:3000/test/profile/card#me to https://example-solid-server.com/username/profile/card#me

High-Priority Fixes

  1. Added null safety checks for parse_url() results

    • Added validation in getPodUrlFromWebId()
    • Added validation in getStorageUrlFromWebId()
    • Added validation in createPodInStorage() (2 locations)
    • Added validation in getUserPods()
    • Throws InvalidArgumentException with descriptive error messages for malformed WebIDs
  2. Fixed Utils::getSolidServerUrl() configuration inconsistency

    • Method now constructs URL from individual config components (host, port, secure)
    • Previously attempted to read non-existent solid.server.url config
    • Now properly respects the configured server settings
  3. Added JSON decode error handling

    • Added error checking in OpenIDConnectClient::retrieve() method
    • Added error checking in OpenIDConnectClient::loadDPoPKeyPair() method
    • Logs errors and returns null instead of silently failing

Impact

  • Improved error messages: Developers will now see clear error messages when WebIDs are malformed
  • Better reliability: Prevents fatal errors from malformed URLs and corrupted JSON data
  • Configuration consistency: Server URL construction now works correctly across the codebase
  • Backward compatibility: All changes maintain backward compatibility

Testing

  • All changes have been reviewed for backward compatibility
  • Error handling paths now provide better debugging information
  • No breaking changes to public APIs

Related Issues

This PR addresses issues identified in the comprehensive bug report, focusing on:

Additional Notes

These fixes improve the robustness of the Solid extension without changing any functional behavior. The changes focus on defensive programming and better error handling to make debugging easier for developers.

- Fix hardcoded 'solid:3000' references in PodService.php comments
- Add null safety checks for parse_url() results across multiple methods
- Fix Utils::getSolidServerUrl() to construct URL from config components
- Add JSON decode error handling in OpenIDConnectClient.php
- Improve error messages for invalid WebID formats

This commit addresses the following issues:
1. Critical: Misleading hardcoded example in getPodUrlFromWebId() comments
2. High: Missing null/error checks on parse_url() results
3. High: Configuration inconsistency in getSolidServerUrl()
4. High: Unhandled JSON decode failures in retrieve() and loadDPoPKeyPair()

All changes maintain backward compatibility while improving error handling
and code reliability.
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roncodes changed the base branch from main to release/v0.0.8 September 23, 2026 04:52
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roncodes merged commit 2881056 into release/v0.0.8 Sep 23, 2026
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roncodes deleted the fix/critical-and-high-priority-bugs branch September 23, 2026 04:54
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Both sides touched PodService and Utils.

PR #8 added parse_url() guards in six places. Two of them were inside the
CSS-credential branches this branch deletes -- the service they call was
removed in 907664b and never existed at runtime -- so those guards go with
the code. The two in getPodUrlFromWebId() and getStorageUrlFromWebId() are
kept, and getUserPods() is still covered because it now reaches
getStorageUrlFromWebId() rather than parsing the WebID itself. #8's
corrected example comments are kept.

Utils::getSolidServerUrl() needed more than a textual resolution. #8 fixed
it to build the URL from config('solid.server.*') instead of a
non-existent solid.server.url; this branch separately taught SolidClient to
prefer the host and port an administrator saved through the console. Left
as merged, the two would report different servers -- the same class of
inconsistency #8 set out to fix. Utils now delegates to
SolidClient::serverUrl(), and both it and the instance getServerUrl() go
through one private builder, so there is a single answer.

phpstan flagged that builder being reached through static:: while private;
it is self:: now, and the baseline is regenerated (242 errors, down from
247, since #8's guards replaced some untyped access).
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